translations

Echo presented to English readers the glimpse of Nazki’s genius. Off course those who could read him in the original will never settle for a translation however accurate it may be but this translation did introduce nazki to non kashmiri readers.Nazki’s favorite form was the four liner…quatrain or rubai and it is in this genre that nazki is most comfortable and exudes a remarkable artistry and mastery. In all he composed a little above 600 quatrains and echo presents a translation of 162 of them. They are drawn from his all three books. The book has an exhaustive introduction by Dr G.R.Malik prof of English.The title design is by Tabish Masood.The backcover writeup was written by a team consisting of Prof Amin Andrabi,Prof Manzur Fazili and Farooq Nazki.